Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Google chooses Kansas City for experimental high-speed lines

San Francisco: Google has chosen Kansas City, Kansas as the location
for its experimental citywide high-speed internet project, bringing
broadband at 1GB a second - 100 times faster than the typical US
internet connection, the company announced Wednesday.

Google announced plans for the experimental fibre optic last year,
prompting a flood of interest from more than 1,000 localities keen to
be on the cutting edge of US networks.

Google said it chose the city of 143,000 because it was a location
"where we could build efficiently, make an impact on the community and
develop relationships with local government and community
organizations".

The internet search giant network has said it is embarking on the
project as a way to discover how ultra-fast speeds will change the use
of the internet. Though the company is not expected to become an
Internet Service Provider it is "looking closely at ways to bring
ultra-high speed internet to other cities across the country," the
company said.

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